Mon.Jan 06, 2025

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Engineering Metrics Is The Elephant In The Room

Forrester eCommerce

With the growth of generative AI, developer productivity is on everyone's mind these days. But measuring developer productivity is challenging. Learn how focusing on alignment can help eliminate the elephant in the room.

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Navigating the Tariff Era: A Strategic Roadmap for Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

The re-emergence of tariffs on the global trade horizon has once again thrust the retail industry into uncertainty. While policymakers often champion tariffs as a mechanism to protect domestic industries, their ripple effects are far-reaching, inflating costs, disrupting supply chains and, ultimately, burdening consumers. As retailers brace for this looming economic shift, learning from past experiences and implementing forward-thinking strategies is paramount to mitigating risk and seizing oppo

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Navigate APAC’s Latest Digital Payments Landscape

Forrester eCommerce

As we step into 2025, the APAC region stands at the forefront of a global financial transformation, with digital wallets and real-time payments reshaping the very fabric of commerce.

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Albertsons Hosts Third Annual Innovative Food and Pet Products Competition

Retail TouchPoints

Albertsons has once again launched its Innovation Launchpad competition, seeking emerging brands in the food, beverage and pet categories for the third iteration of the contest that began in 2022. Independent brands with $3 to $10 million in net retail sales can apply through Jan. 19, 2025 for the chance to win $300,000 in cash and industry services, as well as the opportunity to be merchandised in Albertsons banner supermarkets.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Over a third of consumers took on debt this holiday season

RetailDive

By generation, millennials took on the most, while baby boomers took on the least, according to a recent LendingTree survey.

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Sodexo Plans Nearly 100 Cashierless Campus ‘Food Hives’

Retail TouchPoints

Campus foodservice leader Sodexo will open nearly 100 Food Hive markets on college campuses by 2026, beginning with the approximately 30 locations opening during the 2024-2025 academic year. The cashless convenience stores will have a community focus, supporting local partners and minority- and women-owned businesses by featuring their products and other healthy options for student consumers.

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Instacart Expands B2B Ad Reach Through New Partnership with Foodservice Solution Cut+Dry

Retail TouchPoints

Instacart is scaling the reach of its retail media technology, Carrot Ads , to give advertisers access to the multibillion-dollar foodservice industry through a new partnership with the B2B ecommerce ordering platform Cut+Dry. Cut+Dry which serves independent foodservice distributors and manufacturers such as restaurants and catering services will integrate Carrot Ads technology across its platform over the next few quarters, offering CPG brands direct access to buyers and unlocking new revenu

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Trader Joe’s To Open New Stores Nationwide in 2025. Here’s Where

RetailWire

Trader Joe's continues to expand its footprint.

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US retail sales rose 3.8% this holiday season

RetailDive

Consumers were motivated by deals with last-minute purchases accounting for 10% of all holiday spending, per Mastercard.

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Costco Partners With Thrive Living To Offer Affordable Housing in Los Angeles

RetailWire

Costco is expanding its offerings in a new way.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Marquee Brands acquires Laura Ashley

RetailDive

With the addition of the U.K.-based lifestyle company, Marquee’s brand portfolio will exceed $4 billion in retail sales.

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How a Ready-to-Drink Beverage Brand Prevented $1M in Losses with Retail Intelligence

Wiser

When operating in a highly competitive space, every dollar counts. For one ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage brand, missing key opportunities to optimize their shelf presence could have resulted in significant losses. By leveraging Wisers Retail Intelligence, they not only mitigated these risks but also recovered $1 million in losses. The Challenge: Missed Opportunities on the Shelf Competition for shelf space is fierce.

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Mexico restricts duty-free apparel imports

RetailDive

The rule change will significantly impact foreign fashion brands and third-party logistics providers using Mexico for de minimis shipments to the U.S.

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How Google Detects Duplicate Content

Practical eCommerce

Google seeks diverse search results and must choose when two or more pages are the same or similar. The post How Google Detects Duplicate Content appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Ulta names Kecia Steelman CEO

RetailDive

Steelman, who is currently chief operating officer at the beauty retailer, will step into the role as Dave Kimbell retires.

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New Books for Personal Growth in 2025

Practical eCommerce

We handpick books on managing time, setting priorities, and leading a more productive and purposeful life personally and professionally. The post New Books for Personal Growth in 2025 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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The Forrester All-In-One Event Management Platform Wave – Navigating The Evolving Event Tech Landscape

Forrester eCommerce

The B2B event technology landscape has continued to transform apace over the past two years. In this environment, standalone virtual event platforms have struggled as leading vendors have broadened their capabilities to support a wider range of event types.

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Setting the standard: How Michaels leads retail excellence through the holiday rush

RetailDive

Michaels redefines holiday retail success with YOOBIC, boosting engagement and streamlining operations.

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Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Unlock agility, boost performance, and gain control over your Salesforce frontend with the latest masterclass from Composable.com : Modernizing the Frontend Experience on Salesforce Commerce Cloud Featuring experts from Algolia, Ember, Netlify, and Stripe, this masterclass focuses on practical strategies for optimizing your Salesforce Commerce Cloud storefronts using modern composable commerce integrations.

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Loyalty Redefined

365 Retail

Whether it is your local coffee shop, favourite supermarket, airline of choice or business hotel chain, the principles of loyalty programmes have been unchanged for decades. It is a basic bribe; some form of points are accrued based on the frequency of visited value of spend, and the points can then be redeemed for something of perceived value, such as a discount or complimentary item.

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Krispy Kreme Teams Up With Pop-Tarts for ‘Crazy Good’ New Doughnut Collection

RetailWire

Krispy Kreme and Pop-Tarts are teaming up for a new sugary collab.

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B&Q to Acquire Five UK Homebase Stores in £2.5 Million Deal

365 Retail

B&Q announces today that it has reached agreement to acquire five leasehold stores in the UK, currently trading as Homebase, for a total purchase price of 2.5 m. This follows the agreement to buy three stores currently trading as Homebase in the Republic of Ireland announced on 24 December 2024, and further complements and strengthens B&Qs existing network of stores.

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Whataburger Celebrates 75th Birthday With the Return of Fan-Favorite Menu Items

RetailWire

Whataburger will celebrate its 75th anniversary with events throughout 2025.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Halfords Revs Up Omnichannel Customer Engagement with Aptos Technology

365 Retail

Aptos , a leader in unified commerce solutions, announced today that Halfords has recently extended its use of Aptos software to support its customer engagement and store operations strategies. Halfords is leveraging Aptos POS, CRM and Sales Audit applications, with each of these solutions working together to help Halfords deliver inspiring journeys to millions of customers each year.

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Dry January: Booze Companies Bet Big on Non-Alcoholic Drinks To Boost Profit

RetailWire

It's Dry January, and New Year's resolutions to cut back on alcohol consumption have begun.

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Aldi reports ‘best Christmas ever’

TalkingRetail

Aldi recorded what it said was its best Christmas ever in 2024 with sales topping 1.6bn in the four weeks to Christmas Eve. The supermarket said shoppers traded up over Christmas, using premium own-label products to treat themselves following a difficult financial year for many.

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Disney’s Hulu+ Live TV Fuses With FuboTV in a Game-Changing Alliance

RetailWire

A merged Hulu+ Live-FuboTV streaming service will offer improved sports bundle TV packages.

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.

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Research supports harsher punishments for retailers who sell vapes to children

TalkingRetail

The government must introduce tougher punishments on retailers in order to tackle underage vaping and curb illicit vape sales, according to a new study of almost 6,000 members of the public.

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JetBlue Fined $2 Million by the Department of Transportation for Chronic Flight Delays

RetailWire

JetBlue flew four chronically delayed flights at least 145 times between June 2022 and November 2023.

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Amazon Fresh launches £1 meal deal for limited time in January

TalkingRetail

Amazon Fresh has today launched Londons Best Value Meal Deal, at 1 for customers throughout January.

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Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol as Dry January Continues

RetailWire

The surgeon general has pushed for new labeling requirements concerning alcohol.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.